Purpose of Making Public Notifications

The purpose of notifying the public about high risk sex offenders is to help protect you and your children
from these offenders. It is in the interests of public safety that people are warned about sex offenders who
pose a high risk. This website provides Manitobans with warnings about high risk sex offenders.

Public notification cannot guarantee your safety. It can only warn you that you may need to
protect yourself and your children.

Improving your Safety

Only information about the most serious sex offenders is displayed on this website. The police consider
these offenders to be such a high risk to re-offend that Manitobans should be warned about them. However,
there may be other sex offenders in the community as well. Members of the public must be vigilant and use
common sense to ensure their personal safety. You need to be aware of your own safety status and practices.
For example, it is always a good idea to stay away from poorly lit areas at night and to ensure that doors
and windows are locked before going to bed. You should ensure that your children are aware of potentially
dangerous situations, such as being offered a ride, candy or money by a person they don't know well or being
asked by a person they don't know well to help find a lost pet. Children need to know that they should always
check with their parents first and you should review these safety precautions with them.

Canadian Centre for Child Protection has an excellent website with information on reducing
child victimization and on improving personal safety. You can find it at
www.cybertip.ca

Warning

The offender information displayed on this website is to help you protect yourself and your family. Using
the information for any other purpose could be viewed by a judge as a form of harassment of the offender. The
police will take the necessary steps to protect the public. Any form of harassment or other unreasonable
conduct directed toward any offender named here will not be tolerated and could subject you to a variety of
legal consequences. These might include criminal prosecution, a penalty under The Human Rights Act,
a peace bond application and other legal consequences.

Offender Information in this Website

When a Manitoba police agency believes that a convicted sex offender is such a high risk to re-offend that
the public should be warned about him or her, it may decide to issue a full public notification. This is a
province-wide notification to the major media outlets in Manitoba. The notification is made in a media
release and provides the offender's name, a recent photograph and background information. The notification
encourages members of the public to take reasonable steps to ensure their safety. The website only displays
offender information that has already been made public through the police notification process. The website
is an additional way to notify the public about these high risk sex offenders.

The offender information on this website is contained in two sections: Current Notifications and Previous
Notifications.

The Current Notifications section will display all the media releases issued by the police in the past
year about high-risk sex offenders. The background material will vary from case to case, but it will normally
include information about:

the past offences committed by the offender

the area of the province where the offender is expected to reside

the type of person who is at risk from the offender (e.g. adult females, children)

The second section of the website is Previous Notifications. Information about an offender will be placed
in the Previous Notifications section after it has been displayed in the Current section for one year. The
Previous Notifications section will display more limited information about the offender: name, photograph,
date of the public notification, information about the offender's crime and the nature of the risk to the
public.

Removal of Offender Information

Offender information will remain in the Previous Notifications section until the offender provides the
deputy minister of Manitoba Justice with proof that he or she has received a pardon for the offences
committed. Pardons are granted by the National Parole Board. For information about pardons and the process
that must be followed to obtain one, contact the
National Parole
Board.

Police Contact Information

If you see a crime being committed or feel you are in danger, call 911 immediately.

If you see the offender in public, you do not have to call the police unless he or she is committing a
crime, harassing or threatening someone or behaving in a way that makes you think that there is a danger to
someone.

For additional information on high-risk sex offenders, please contact the police service that made the
notification:

Winnipeg Police Service - 204-984-1888
- This number will connect you with the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, which is a
partnership between the RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service.

RCMP - 204-984-1888
- This number will connect you with the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, which is a
partnership between the RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service.

Disclaimer

The information contained on this website has been provided to Manitoba Justice from a variety of sources.
While Manitoba Justice has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate, it cannot
guarantee that it is absolutely complete or up-to-date. Therefore, you should read our
disclaimer.